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Bloodborne: Great area design, great combat, just good enough in build options and customization.

Sekiro: No customization at all but some of my favorite combat of any game and a great world that really doesnt get enough credit. The way the world slowly got stranger and more supernatural as it went on was super cool.

Dark souls 1: My first souls game, it had some very high highs, but also some incredible lows. Some of these struggles I appreciate as part of the experience (such as Blighttown) but other parts I truly dislike (anor Londo archers, bed of chaos). Its the latter that usually keeps me from replaying the game despite my affection for it.

Dark Souls 3: Not as interesting as the games higher on the list, and the sheer amount of levels and bosses (combined with Froms minimalist style) made a lot of the game feel inconsequential, and lacking of any particular momentum. Still, it had a couple truly spectacular areas (archdragons peak and Irythill) that were From at their peak.

Dark Souls 2: This felt a bit like a dark souls imitation, and like most dark souls imitations, I played it right up until it got challenging and then promptly quit. There just wasnt enough intrigue in the world or excitement in the combat to pull me through any significant challenge. Really cool hub though.

It's been a whole lotta soulslike this week with Nioh 2 and Sekiro. The combat in both games is great, with sekiro offering far better world and atmosphere, but Nioh having the benefit of variety and co op.

Playing then both is probably a great way to ensure that I dont finish either of them but I'm having a lot of (frustration) fun so far.

Just got into Nioh 2 last night and I'm surprised at how much I'm digging it so far. The combat feels incredibly satisfying, and having a full blown co op mode is a great change of pace in a souls like.

Hey all, looking for a funny new podcast to listen to. Listening to political or informative podcasts while gaming has been my go to way to blow off steam for a long time, but (understandably) all of these podcasts are now focused on the coronavirus, and frankly I've heard about as much as I'm willing to take in about the virus at this point.

So duders, what's a funny podcast to take our minds off these troubled times?

Probably Tekken 7. I've been getting more and more into fighting games the past few years and this is the one that really stuck. It's the game that just seems to get better the more time I put into it.

Slay the Spire. I'm a huge fan of roguelike but very much not a fan of card games.

Or so I thought. I've been playing it all weekend, and now my brother and I (who also recently tried the game) are debating which multiplayer digital CCG to get into.

Having played all the major From games, it wasnt until I'd been stuck on the Cathedral boss in Bloodborn for two weeks that I figured out about invincibility frames on rolls.

The whole time I'd played Dark Souls I always just used rolls to actively get away from enemy attack animations. I was a little disappointed to figure out the truth, as it seemed to make battles less cinematic and choreographed when you play them correctly.

I'm very interested. I hope they take this as an opportunity to really re think some core design choices for the main game.

I dont know that I'm really excited for PVE stuff though.